Rural Development

Abbott proposes ban on rural data centers

Abbott proposes ban on rural data centers after shifting stance

Gov. Greg Abbott proposed a ban on rural Texas AI data centers and called to eliminate their tax breaks, marking a shift from his prior support as residents increasingly oppose the facilities over

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for ban on data center development in rural Texas neighborhoods

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Texas Gov. Abbott says data centers should be barred from ‘rural neighborhoods’

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Data center backlash grows as Texas Gov. Abbott calls for rural building ban

Residents from Fort Worth to Henderson County confront developers, while the governor's campaign trail remarks reshape a mounting statewide fight.

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East Texas county passes resolution pushing for data center regulation

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Texas Governor calls for block on data centers

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Updating the rural development mandate

ALMOST two years ago, following a proposal by Bangladesh and supported by the Philippines, India, Nepal, Peru and Thailand, the United Nations General Assembly officially declared every July 6 as World Rural Development Day.

Agri-Pulse

USDA's Rural Development called critical for communities

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel Thursday. Former Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small ...

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In rural Midcoast Maine, nearly a quarter of a million dollars in federal money earmarked for housing was rescinded from a small town after local officials sought to use the funds for a data center.

Vientiane Times

Cabinet weighs reforms to boost governance, rural development

The government is considering a series of governance reforms and new measures to support rural development and poverty reduction as leaders gather in Vientiane to review economic performance and set priorities for the remainder of 2026.

Swarajya

Centre Launches AI-Powered Portal To Modernise Rural Development Audits

Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan today (28 June) launched the AI-enabled Rural Internal Audit Portal, a first-of-its-kind di